At this point, it’s only a matter of how much longer Ichiro Suzuki wants to keep playing.
Whether he sticks around merely as long as it takes to get to 3,000 hits in the majors or the ageless wonder plays a few more years, he’ll arrive on the Hall of Fame ballot for the Baseball Writers Association of America five years after he retires.
When this happens, Ichiro will be a quick, almost automatic selection for Cooperstown. The writers will vote Ichiro in as soon as he’s eligible, making him one of the easiest inductions in recent years.